Improvement in plasterers  floats



L. A. GUDSELL.

Plasterers Floats; No. 139,383. Patented M`ay`27,1873..

AM. Ffm-milmosmnwc ca N. xmsamve's Moussa) LEWIS A. GOODSELL, CF NEWHAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGrNORV TO HIM- `SELF AND ANDREW J. RAMSDELL, OFSAME PLACE. I

IMPROVEMENT IN PLASTERERS FLOATS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,383, dated May 27,1873; application filed April 3, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, LEwrs A. GooDsELL, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inPlasterers Float; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitutepart of this specification, and represent in Figure 1 a perspective view, and in Fig. 2 a longitudinalcentral section.

This invention relates to an improvement -in the tool known asplasterers float-that is to say, an instrument used in surfacingplastered walls. These are constructed from a plate of wood, with ahandle attached upon one surface, by means of which the plasterer floatsthe work with the other surface. These handles have usually beenpermanently secured to the wood, so that when the float was worn out thehandle could not be easily detached and was usually thrown away with thefloat.

The object of my invention is the construe tion of a handle which may beeasily detached or removed from the ioat, and it consists in two posts,both of which are constructed with a hook-shaped foot to engage in arecess in the surface of the float, the head of the Vsaid posts providedwith a screw, the one with a right hand and the other with a left handthread, one to run into each end of the handle, so that by turning thehandle in one direction the posts are drawn together and the hook-shapedfeet clamp the oat so as to UNITED fSTATES PATENT GEFIGE. N

secure the handle to the lloat, or, turningin A is the float, of theusual constructionthat is to say, formed from a strip of board, inlength proportioned to the work upon which it is to be used, and inwidth about three or four inches. B C are two posts, the foot of eachformed with a hook-shaped piece, a, upon the under side to set into agroove upon the upper sideof the float A. These posts are distant fromeach other the length required for the handle, ora little more. D is thehandle. The posts are each fitted with a screw, b, the one a right handand the other a left hand thread. The `ends ofthe handle are tappedcorresponding to the threads of the screws. Preferably I insert a metaltube into a wooden handle and tap the tube. By turning the handle in onedirection the posts will be drawn together. To attach the handle to thefloat, turn the handle to throw the posts apart, then insert the hooks ainto the recesses formed in the lloat, return the handle to draw theposts together, which clamps the ioat irmly between the posts.

I claim as my invention- The hereindescribed improvement in plasterersfloats, consisting of the posts B C having each a hook-shaped foot, andthe handle D attached to the said posts, so that by turning the handlethe posts may be drawn together or forced from eachother, substan tiallyas set forth. l

LEWIS A. GOODSELL. Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBITS, J. H. SHUMWAY.

